Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a ticket for a student from the Chippewa Nation to use to travel to Carlisle.
Student Travel to Enroll
February 17, 1900
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June 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $2000 in the transportation of students to and from their homes during fiscal year 1900.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $14,000 for the transportation of students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School for fiscal year 1901.
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January 3-16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to C. T. Stranahan's request to bring five students to the Carlisle Indian School from the Nez Perce Agency.
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November 18, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School that William Bailey brought his daughter using two half rate tickets. He further requests that Bailey reimburse the school for his transportation.
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March 11, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests an additional $3,000 for transporting students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School having already exhausted the budgeted transportation funds.
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March 18, 1903
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School has $34,755.84 on credit with the Assistant Treasurer in New York along with sale of manufactured goods and money with Commissioner of Indian Affairs for a total balance of $40,584.28. As a result, Allen renews his request for authorization to spend an…
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April 4, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt emphasizes to the Office of Indian Affairs the need to authorize spending an additional $3,000 to transport students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 10, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Office of Indian Affairs circular #92 by providing various information related to the cost of bringing and returning students to and from Carlisle.
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February 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs objection to his request to pay for a voucher to cover the expense of transporting students from Alaska to the Carlisle Indian School.
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March 9, 1904
E. A. Hitchcock, Interior Secretary, disallows all expenses incurred in securing students from Alaska from 1903.
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May 4, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Education Circular No. 110 requesting data regarding transportation of students. Pratt notes that this is not applicable to Carlisle.
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September 19, 1904
William A. Mercer requests that Henry Markistum be sent to Carlisle with bill for ticket.
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April 10, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to Education Circular #119 dated April 7, 1905 asking for data to distribute funds for the transportation of students. Mercer states that as the transportation costs for Carlisle are paid from the appropriation that he believes the circular is not intended to apply to the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 30, 1906
William A. Mercer requests an increase in the funding of the Carlisle Indian School due to an increase in the cost of transporting students over the rail lines.
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March 19, 1907
William A. Mercer submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $2,343.26 for the transportation of 11 Hopi students and to build a cottage for the school's physician. An explanatory cover letter is included.
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May 20, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the travel of J. H. Lewis as an escort of 11 Hopi students from Fort Wingate, Arizona to the Carlisle Indian School.
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May 24, 1907
William A. Mercer provides estimates for the costs of transporting students to and from the Carlisle Indian School for the 1908 fiscal year. Included in the estimate is the actual cost from July 1, 1906 through May 26, 1907 as well as the actual number of students transported.
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January 15 - May 14, 1909
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the exact amount of money used from the support fund of the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. 1909" account to transport pupils to Carlisle from July 1 - December 31, 1908.
Chief Clerk F. M. Conser states that Indian agents and superintendents used $12,194.17…
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